Install Steam on Ubuntu 16.04 | 17.10 | 18.04 Desktop

Steam is digital gaming platform built developed by Valve Corporation… It offers digital game management, multiplayer server, social networking and entertainment services… There are thousands of games from action to indie and others for gamers….

It sofware is available for Windows, Mac OS and Linux… and this brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install Steam gaming software on Ubuntu 16.04 | 17.10 | 18.04 desktops…

Whether you’re on a Windows, Mac Linux PC, Steam should work and allow you to move between different PC platforms…

When you’re ready to install Steam on Ubuntu, follow the steps below:

There are multiple ways to install Steam… One is via Ubuntu default repository… another is via Steam official package… You can also install Steam built for Windows on Ubuntu using Wine…

Option #1: Install Steam via Ubuntu Repository.

If you’re on Ubuntu, all you have to so is run the commands below to install Steam… However, installing Steam from Ubuntu default repositories may not install the latest and greatest…

Option #3: Install Steam for Windows via Snap

If you want to others options above didn’t work for you… you can also install Steam for Windows… This is a version built for Windows systems but is repackaged in Snap and made available to Linux users via Wine…

This snap downloads and installs Steam for Windows in WINE on Linux. First setup takes a little while to download the necessary parts. Subsequent launches are faster.